Federal Disaster Assistance Block Grant Survey

What is your level of experience with federal grants?

What is your emergency management related position?

Local emergency management coordinator

State emergency management office

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

Non-profit Organization

Not in an emergency management related position

Other

What are some advantages of federal block grants?

What are some disadvantages of federal block grants?

Please select which item would be the greatest benefit of a federal disaster assistance block grant:

Flexibility in use of grant funds

Greater state level oversight of federal grant funds

Faster allocation of federal disaster assistance to state government

Faster allocation of federal disaster assistance to local governments

Other

Please select which item would be the greatest disadvantage of a federal disaster assistance block grant:

Lack of technical skill to administer the grant funds at the state level

Lack of technical skill to administer the grant funds at the local level

Time constraints placed on state government to award grants to the local level

Other

Do you believe that converting federal disaster assistance to block grants would reduce duplication of federal disaster assistance programs? Why or why not?

Which federal disaster assistance program would be the best program to block grant?

Individual Assistance

Public Assistance

Hazard Mitigation Assistance

Other

How would converting federal disaster assistance to a block grant change the relationship between local and state government and FEMA?

What types of projects would you fund with a federal disaster assistance block grant? (select all that apply)

hazard mitigation

infrastructure repair

housing assistance

interoperable communications

homeowners assistance

Other